How do I remove an actor name and credits entirely?

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How do I remove my name and credits entirely? The name birthday and sign are mine, however I was never associated with the titles. This was apparently done as a cruel prank, and I really would like it removed completely .  Is it possible, as I would have no credits with the titles?  I have been able to get some information removed, but as it is causing problems in my professional life, and is false information, I would like the actor page to be removed.            
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If you have real credits on screen for films; your name page will never be removed from the database.

However; all false information can be removed either by editing the pages where it was posted or by posting enough information here so that someone can use it to correct the pages for you.

Depending on how many credits need to be fixed it may be easier to edit the credits from the shows page and not from the name page.

As a side note, what can happen if there is more than one person with a similar name in the database is whoever put in the information on a particular shows credits selected the wrong person with your name. But since you have not posted enough information here I have no way to go look if this is the case.

Are you saying there is no one by the name of Jodi Brook who has ever been credited on screen for a film? Or is it the Jodi Brook on IMDB someone who simply shares your name?

The only way a name page for Jodi Brook will stop existing is if no one on the planet named Jodi brook has any on-screen visible acting credits. However if the Jodi Brook on IMDB is not you, than this is no different from someone having the name Brad Pitt or Michael Jackson, both of which are very common names in the real world. It doesn't mean all of those people are the famous ones who are on IMDB.

I see very little information posted for Jodi Brook on IMDB. Someone will need to check the on-screen credits for those films and verify if they are accurate. If those films do not contain credits for a Jodi Brook, than they can be removed. But beyond that, if the credits exist on-screen than they will exist on IMDB as part of public records.

There is nothing else on that name page to identify it as you. There are more than likely many Jodi Brooks in the world; if the person with that name is credited on screen and is not you, than her correct birth date should be displayed on the page (assuming it can be found and proven) (as for star sign its just a side effect of the birth date being listed)

There are at least 3 people in the world that I have contact with who share my exact first and last name; if one of us ends up with an on-screen credit it will not mean we are all on IMDB. Same names are differentiated with roman numerals John Doe (I), John Doe (II) and so on. Each name page will be moderated to be as accurate as possible for each person who shares a name.

Without more information about this; I am not sure how to proceed.

The questions that need to be answered:
Do those films have someone with that name given an on-screen credit. If they do not, than the credits will be taken off of those films (and as a side effect a name page with no credits will not be visible on IMDB unless it is paid for to show a resume)

And 2: If the film does have a credit for a person with that name. Is it you? And if not; than the birthdate needs to be changed to reflect the real birthdate of the person with that name who was actually credited.
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I've never seen the videos to know if there even is a "Jodi" credited. I wasn't in the videos. I suppose it is possible.

I discovered it many years ago doing a random google search of my name, I can't recall why at the moment. But immediately asked for it to be changed and while they removed some of the information, the "films" remained.

I wouldn't care so much about it and could easily attribute it to someone else if the birthdate didn't match, but as Brooks is very common and there are others Brook is not.
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I've never seen the videos to know if there even is a "Jodi" credited. I wasn't in the videos. I suppose it is possible.
I was referring to the comment above from bob that suggests that the norm on those GGW video is that they would not credit the person as Jodi Brook, but simply as "Jody," and then to Luvs' comment that if these get changed to "uncredited" it would solve the problem.

But, perhaps, the key here comes from you...

I wouldn't care so much about it and could easily attribute it to someone else if the birthdate didn't match, but as Brooks is very common and there are others Brook is not.
If you keep submitting it as simply a request to delete, you'll just keep getting rejected until they begin simply ignoring your requests.  But, if you acknowledge that the page is yours, that the bio matches you and maybe even provide documentation, like a scan of your ID that shows the birth date is yours and any documentation you can find that would show where you're from...you could then submit to correct the data (which is much easier to get than a request to simply delete with no or little reason given) by "correcting" it to apply to a different Jodi Brook.  Then, when those credits shift to that other Jodi's page, your page will be empty of credits and would eventually be closed out.  That would, at least, make it so the IMDb entry does not  belong to the Jodi with your birth date and other bio items.

I am not finding any way to locate the on screen credits.  I also think it's a long-shot that the Stupid Behavior title had any cast credited at all...It would be odd that the Jodi credit was the only cast credited, especially as described with such a generic role, over even any host, to be the sole credited person.
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As far as the birth date; of the 5 Jodi Brook (with that exact spelling) I could find in the US, only one other is born the same year as you and I don't know the exact date (doubtful it would be identical). The others are older.

Jod(y) and Brook(s) produce much longer lists....

What I would find amusing is if it was the Australian Jodi Brook during her "wild teens" before she became a youth minister:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jodi-brook/68/763/23

But than my humor tends to run a little dark and I can't find her birthdate online so...
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LOL...yeah, that would be AWEsome!
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Now that would be hilarious!
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I believe that in a case like this the 'Documentary/Talk Show' style of credits would prevail, i.e. if the person is introduced vocally at some point, this would count as a valid credit. Therefore, one needs to watch the entire film before changing it to (uncredited).
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Jodi,
I am not sure which of the valiant young men on this thread got it done for you, but your page is now blanked out:



bob

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Thank you all so much!!!!!
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bob,
Unfortunately the celebration is premature.

This Google search shows multiple instances on multiple website of the offending text.
https://www.google.com/#q=%22Jodi+Brook%22+girls+gone+wild

The first link is for IMDb, which no longer has Jodi's name listed.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355485/fullcredits/
I will submit another request to Google to rescan the web pages listed in this search.

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Many of the websites listed still have the offending text; other pages no longer exist. Some websites use IMDb as the source. It is unclear how often or whether these websites update their information.
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I've submitted a request to Google to rescan the web pages referenced in the search with the offending text. I also referenced this thread in the request.
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Unfortunately the celebration is premature.


Like Jodi said - we're moving i the right direction.....thanks Dan

bob
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Dan
I would say though that there is no real reason that a colleague in the office would Google Jodi's name and the GGW title together, and even if they did, with all the birth date etc now gone, there is nothing to make people think it is the same Jody Brook, so I think that 99% of her problems regarding this are gone now.

So can I do the dancing thing again?

bob
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So can I do the dancing thing again?
Yes! Most people would not do the search that revealed that offending text still permeates certain websites.

Keeping the Doctor Who theme going forward:
Exterminate, exterminate, exterminate...
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Thank you! It's definitely moving in the right direction. I appreciate all you all have done and continue to do! Thank you, thank you, thank you!